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Photograph of a University of North Texas homecoming parade float, ridden by male and female UNT cheerleaders, on the south side of the Denton County courthouse square in Denton, Texas. The float is heading east on Hickory Street. Two other cheerleaders, male and female, are visible on foot to the left of the float. The Denton County courthouse is visible in the right background of the photograph, as well as the Campus Theatre marquee in the left background. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Homecoming - Parade c. 1980s".

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Copy negative of six young women, princesses from towns and communities in East Texas who took part in the annual Tomato Festival, sitting on a wall, hands clasping their left knees. Katherine Vining is second from the left. The rest are unidentified.

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Copy negative of a May Day celebration at the Alexander Collegiate Institute. A large group of girls and boys stand in front of a building, believed to be Smith Hall. Model T Fords can be seen in the background.

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Copy negative of a parade float during the 1940 Tomato Festival Parade. The float is being escorted by horsemen wearing helmets. Men and women sit on the hoods of parked cars, and the Texas State Bank building can be seen in the background. To the right of the bank building is the Palace Theater, where spectators stand on top of the marquee. One person is sitting on the roof of the building. More spectators sit on the roof of Gillespie's Variety Store. The building in the right foreground housed the J. C. Penney Co., Inc. store on the first floor, and the Travis Clinic on the second.

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Copy negative of Jacksonville celebrities standing in front of an official automobile, decked out in American flags, which would lead the Golden Anniversary parade. John C. Box, district Congressman; Charles C. Bando; M. L. "Bud" Earle, former mayor; Tol Smith; and T. E. Acker, then mayor, stand next to the car. Many of these men helped to plan the event.

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Copy negative of a street scene during Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration of 1922. The photo was taken from the second story of J. L. Douglas's Dry Goods Store. The Templeton-Brashear Department Store can be seen at the corner across from the place the photo was taken. To the left of the intersection is Couch & Slaton Tailor Shop, and at the far left is the Heidelberg Hotel. Flags have been placed on the wires connecting the electrical poles.

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Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of the Old French Embassy in Austin, Texas.

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Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of Roy Bean's Place in Langtry, Texas.

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Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of the Old Seward Home in Independence, Texas.

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Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches, Texas.

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Pamphlet about the Texas Centennial celebrations and information about the state including the Centennial Gateway in Dallas, Texas missions, landmarks in south and west Texas, the Texas mountains, as well as other geographic features and points of interest. This issue includes a photograph of Old Fort Leaton in Presidio, Texas.

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Photograph of Jethro Holmes and his ox at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jethro wears a a cowboy hat with a denim shirt, jeans, and a bow tie. He rests one arm on his black and white ox standing to his left.

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Photograph of Jethro Holmes and his ox at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jethro wears a cowboy hat with a denim shirt, jeans, and a bow tie. He rests one arm on the black and white ox standing to his left, and one arm on his hip.

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Photograph of festival participants playing Belgian bolls at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man is leaning towards a target wearing a white collared shirt and plaid pants, throwing a ball towards a small box in the corner of a booth.

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Photograph of the Singing Harris family performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band, consisting of two girls, a boy, and their dad, perform on stage in front of festival participants. The two girls and their dad sing while the boy plays the electric guitar.

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Photograph of members of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe preparing costumes for a dance demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a small boy wears traditional Native-American dance regalia as a woman leans over his fur boot, attaching bells to his costume.

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Photograph of the Singing Harris family performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band, consisting of two girls, a boy, and their dad, Jerry Perritte, perform on stage in front of festival participants. The two girls and their dad sing while the boy plays the electric guitar.

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